fresh meat I had provided for him, and returned 
to the honse. The next morning what was my 
surprise, on going to the orchard, to And my pet 
lying on the ground under the tree, dead, and 
with the scalp completely torn off his head. He 
must have been killed very soon after I left him 
the previous evening, as he still retained in his 
beak a small piece of the meat he was eating 
when I made my evening call. The cause of his 
death is still as great a mystery to me as ever, 
although I have always believed it was caused by 
his own relatives. 
When I reported the death of the Owl to my 
friends they immediately suggested “the cat” as 
the culprit, but, in my experience, I have never 
yet seen a cat that showed any disposition to in- 
terfere in the slightest with any member of the 
Owl family. And besides, as the bird was eight 
or ten feet from the ground, it was practically out 
of the way of those prowling marauders. It is a 
well known fact that several species of birds will 
torment and sometimes kill their maimed or feeble 
fellows, and who shall say that this also may not 
be one of the characteristics of the great family of 
the Raptores. Q. & O. Apr . 1885 . 
Notes on Birds of the Sea Islands. 
TSY WALTER IIOXIE, FROGMORE, SO. CAR. — PART ft. 
The Kingbird, (304,) is a very common f 
mef resident. 
Tire Grey Kingbird, (303,) has been taken e 
on Ladies’ Island in May, 1868. 
The 'Great-crested Flycatcher, (312/ conn 
Summer 'resident. 
The PeWee, (315,) common in Whiter. 
The Wood Pewee, (320,) rare in , the migrate 
My recordXof the Flycatchers' is very im 
feet, but a friehd informs me of the occurn 
here of Trail’s Flycatcher, (325a.) 
The Least Flycatcher, (326,) Small Green-ci 
ed (324,) and Yellow.-bellied, (322.) I have m 
identified the last four., /Others might perliap 
added to the list but I have an innate prejui 
against shooting Flycatchers. 
The Chuck Will’s-widow,, (353,) very comn 
Tire Whip-poor-will, (354,) I have only ta 
once in March. 
The Night Hawk, (357,) common. 
The King Fisher, (382,) rather common and 
casionally breeds. 
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, (387,) is eommor 
the Spring but rare in the Fall. 
The /Black-billed Cuckoo, (388,)' conmipn b 
Spring and Fall. A few breed. This seenis t<i 
the stronger bird of the two, with a more sot 
era breeding range. > 
( £UL-ttyLi HirU- ) 
A pair of young Screech Owls, the first installment 
to our private menagerm, were in our possession barely 
: twenty -four hours before the male “ate up lus female 
mate.” 
Ot&O, 15. July. lsoo. p. /H* 
Something about Owls. 
O. O. Ormsbee, Montpelier, Vfc 
Of the Screech Owl, common throughout 
the entire temperate zone, and the best 
known of all the Owls, two hundred and fif- 
ty-five stomachs were examined. One con- 
tained a Pigeon, thirty-eight contained other 
birds, ninety-one contained Mice, and one 
i hundred contained insects. 
O. & O. Vol. 18, Oct, 1893 p. 188 
Screech O-wls in a Chimney. By J- L. D[avidson]. Ibid., p. f 
tfor, & Stream, XXII 
241 Dichromatism in the Screech Owl ( Scofis asio, Bp.'). By the 
Editor. Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist pp. 52, 5 A Of f specimens 
32 were red, and 24 gray. feW. Oincill. SoC. N. H, 188 -J 
Young Oologist. 1558- From Georgia. By T. 
scops asio and Ampelis cedrorum. 
768 Screech Owls Breeding in Confinement. By F. H. Carpenter. 
Ibid., pp. 93, 94 - O t & OyVol«7IU A R „ . 
i 1070. A Screech Owl Attacks a Plymouth Rock Rooster. By b. E. 
Davison. Ibid., Mch. i 9 , P . i 4 5 - For. & Stream. X&IV 
147. Owls. By S. B. Buckley. Ibid., XV, p. 104. — li Screech Owls’’ 
inhabiting a Wren-box, and capture of a Snowy Owl ( Nyctea nivea ) near 
Austin, Texas. For. & Stream 
200. Screech Owl [ Scops asio ] in Confinement. Ibid., XVIII, No. 6, 
■ -a For. a Stream. 
856. 
pp. 106, 107, March 9, 1882. 
